Name/Title
Bentleys Yorkshire Breweries Brass collarEntry/Object ID
2025.1.458Description
Bentleys Yorkshire Breweries Beer barrel brass collarContext
Bentley's Yorkshire Breweries Ltd, Eshaldwell Brewery, Woodlesford, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Founded by Henry Bentley in 1828 as the Oulton Brewery. Registered in 1880 as Henry Bentley & Co. Ltd. Re-registered in 1892 as Henry Bentley & Co. and Yorkshire Breweries Ltd. and the name was changed as above in March 1893.
Acquired by Whitbread & Co. Ltd in 1968 with 380 houses and brewing ceased in October 1972. Whitbread continued to use the site as a depot until 1984. Site cleared in about 1989. Source Breweryhistory.comAcquisition
Accession
2025.1Source or Donor
Gordon DempsterAcquisition Method
Transfer